Artificial lure



Jan. 31, 1939.

A. c ACCETTA 2,145,283

ARTIFICIAL LURE Filed July 26, 1937 iii hit

atented Jan. 31', 1939 2,145,283 numeral. LUBE Anthony chm Aooetta,Cleveland, Ohio Application my 20, 193 Serial No. 155,002

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The invention relates to artificial lures.

One object of the invention is to provide a simple, efiiclent anddurable weed-guard for-a hook which is mounted on a spoon or body.

Another object or the invention is to provide an artificial lure withimproved weed-guard for the hook.

The invention consists in the several novel features hereinafter setforth and more particularly defined by claims at the conclusion hereoi.

In the drawing: Fig. 1 is a perspective of a lure embodying theinvention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a perspective ofthe weed-guard. Fig. 4 is a section on line 4-4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is aperspective of the front portion of the spoon.

The improved weed-guard is exemplified in connection with a lurecomprising a spoon or body :7 which is dished or concave on its upperand convex on its lower faces and is provided with a hole t in its frontend for connection to a swivel, spinner or line, as well understood inthe art, and an upstanding flshhook having an eye t, it and a point i l,and secured to the spoon by a screw it which passes through the eye ofthe hook and is threaded to the spoon. The front portion of the shankill lies over the dished topface of the spoon. The shank extends througha slot it in the rear portion of the spoon. The lure may be providedwith a bucktail, feathers or other means it secured at E5 to the shankof the hook and extending rearwardly to conceal the upstandingback-portion of the hook.

The improved weed-guard is formed of a single strip of spring-wire bentto form an eye it at oneend which is adapted to be placed between thetop-face or the spoon and the eye 9 of the hook, and is fixedly securedon the spoon by the screw l2 which extends through the eye d of the hookand secures the hook in the spoon. The guard comprises a member l! whichextends forwardly from eye I6 and longitudinally of the spoon, is archedas at l8, and terminates at its front end in an upward reverse curve orloop l9, and a resilient arm which extends longitudinally of the spoonand rearwardly and upwardly from the loop l9 and has portions 20, 2|which are angled vertically relatively to each other and joined by abend or angle 22. The bend 69 at the front end of the guard extends intoa recess it and seats in the top-face of the spoon. This recess holdsthe front end l9 and stabilizes the arm 20, 2| against transversemovement while permitting vertical flexing of the arm.

Normally the rear and free end 01' the trailing portion 2| oi the arm isdisposed above the bar ll of the book, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2.When the guard encounters a weed the inclined portion 20 will deflectthe weed over the front of the spoon upwardly to the portion 2|. Whenthe guard is sharply flexed the arched portion ll between bend l9 andeye it will be slightly flexed so that the wire will not break at thebend :19. In use, most of the weeds will be arrested by the guard andthe rear end of member fl will remain slightly above the point of thehook as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. By having the portion 2!angled relatively to the front member 2d the weeds will be deflectedover the hook. As the weeds pass over the bend it while the body ismoving through the water the pressure of the weeds will be relaxed sothat rear portion til will spring outwardly and effectively protect thepoint of the hook from the weeds. By providing a forwardly extendingarched member ll between the bend it and the eye it it becomes possibleto makethe members it and it of greater length for a more gradualdeflection of, and for easy passage between, the weeds. It also permitsthe bend it to flex without sharp bending stresses which tend to snapthe wire at said bend such as would result if the wire was sharplyangled at the front end of the guard. it also permits flexing of thewire between the bend it and the eye. The forwardly extending member italso adapts the weed-guard for attachment to the spoon or body by thesame screw which is used to secure the hook to the spoon or body. Therecess is in the spoon, holds the looped front end it of the guardagainst transverse movement.

The invention exemplifles a weed-guard formed a of a single strip ofspring-wire which is simple in construction, eflicient in operation;which is adapted to be readily applied to a lure comprising a body andan upstanding hook; which is lid adapted to be removably secured to thespoon by the same screw used for securing the hook to the spoon; whichis simple and can be readily removed from the spoon or body forreplacement Having thus described the invention, what I n claim as newand desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An artificial lure for fish comprising a body, an upstanding hook,and provided with an eye, a weed-guard for the hook formed of springwlreand comprising an eye over the body, an upwardly arched member extendingforwardly from the eye overlying the body and having its front endengaging the top-face of the body, and a resilient arm extendingupwardly and rearwardly from the front end of said member, and means forremovably securing the hook and the guard to the body.

2. An artificial lure for fish comprising a body, an upstanding hooksecured to the body, a weedguard for the hook formed of spring-wire andcomprising an eye over the body, a member extending forwardly from theeye overlying the body and a resilient arm extending upwardly andrearwardly from the front end of said member, the body having means inits upper face in which the front end of the forwardly extending memberof the guard is removably seated and held transversely, and means forremovably securing the hook and the guard to the body.

3. An artificial lure for fish comprising a body,

an upstanding hook secured to the body, a weedguard for the hook formedof spring-wire and comprising an eye, an upwardly arched memberextending forwardly from the eye and overlying the body, and a yieldablearm extending upwardly and rearwardly from, and connected to the frontend of the member by a loop over the body, the body having a recess initstop-face with a closed bottom in which the looped front end is seatedand held transversely, and means for removably securing the hook and theguard to the body.

4. An artificial lure for fish comprising a spoon having a concave upperface and a convex lower face, an upstanding hook having an eye at itsfront end, a weed-guard for the hook formed of spring-wire andcomprising an eye, a member extending forwardly from the eye and aresilient arm extending upwardly and rearwardly from and connected by aloop to the front end of said member, the spoon having a recess in itsconvex face in which the front end of the member is seated and heldtransversely, and a. screw extending through the eyes on the hook andthe guard and removably securing the hook and guard to the spoon.

ANTHONY CESARE ACCETTA.

